One-piece stainless steel smoking pipe

ABSTRACT

A unitary smoking pipe made of stainless steel is provided. The one-piece stainless steel construction is adapted to distribute the heat from the bowl cavity portion of the smoking pipe to the remaining portion of the body. Also, an air inlet extending through the body so as to fluidly communicate the bowl cavity to an opposing mouthpiece hole may do so at a downwardly angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the body, enabling a deeper bowl cavity.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims the benefit of priority of U.S. provisionalapplication No. 62/322,584, filed 14 Apr. 2016, the contents of whichare herein incorporated by reference.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to smoking pipes and, more particularly, aone-piece construction stainless steel unbreakable smoking pipe.

Pipe smoking, it has been said, contributes to a somewhat calm andobjective judgement in all human affairs. However, the smoking pipeitself can be a source of frustration for pipe smokers as they can beeasily broken and become uncomfortably hot to hold during use. Sincesmoking pipes are made from breakable material and screwed or gluedtogether, they are susceptible to breakage and overheating. For example,stone, glass, and wood pipes can crack, shatter, or splinter;furthermore, all these materials absorb heat from the burning orsmoldering smoking material so as to make the portion of the piperetaining the smoking material uncomfortable to handle.

As can be seen, there is a need for one-piece construction stainlesssteel unbreakable smoking pipe that does not heat up quickly.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In one aspect of the present invention, a smoking pipe includes anelongated stainless steel body extending from a mouthpiece and to a bowlend; a bowl cavity recessed into the bowl end; a mouthpiece holeprovided at the mouthpiece end; and an air inlet extending within theelongated stainless steel so as to fluidly communicate the mouthpiecehole and the bowl cavity.

In another aspect of the present invention, the smoking pipe includes anelongated stainless steel body extending from a mouthpiece and to a bowlend, wherein the smoking pipe is of a unitary construction; a bowlcavity recessed into the bowl end; a mouthpiece hole provided at themouthpiece end; and an air inlet extending within the elongatedstainless steel so as to fluidly communicate the mouthpiece hole and abottom portion of the bowl cavity, wherein the air inlet extends at adownward angle of approximately three degrees relative to a longitudinalaxis of the elongated stainless steel body; and a peripheral portionprovided along a periphery of the elongated stainless steel body,wherein the peripheral portion is flat, dimensioned and adapted tosupport the elongated stainless steel body on a supporting surface sothat the bowl cavity us upward-facing.

These and other features, aspects and advantages of the presentinvention will become better understood with reference to the followingdrawings, description and claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an exemplary embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 2 is a top view of an exemplary embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of an exemplary embodiment of the presentinvention; and

FIG. 4 is a cross-section view of an exemplary embodiment of the presentinvention, taken along line 4-4 in FIG. 1.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The following detailed description is of the best currently contemplatedmodes of carrying out exemplary embodiments of the invention. Thedescription is not to be taken in a limiting sense, but is made merelyfor the purpose of illustrating the general principles of the invention,since the scope of the invention is best defined by the appended claims.

Broadly, an embodiment of the present invention provides a unitarysmoking pipe made of stainless steel so as to distribute the heat fromthe bowl cavity portion of the smoking pipe to the remaining portion ofthe body. Also, an air inlet extending through the body so as to fluidlycommunicate the bowl cavity to an opposing mouthpiece hole may do so ata downwardly angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the body, enablinga deeper bowl cavity.

It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the use ofdirectional terms such as upper, lower, upward, downwardly, top and thelike are used in relation to the illustrative embodiments as they aredepicted in the figures, the upward direction (or upper) being towardthe top of the corresponding figures and a downward direction beingtoward the bottom of the corresponding figure.

Referring to FIGS. 1 through 4, the present invention may provide anelongated body 10 extending from a mouthpiece end 19 to a bowl end 13. Abowl cavity 12 may be recessed within the bowl end 13. The elongatedbody 10 may be approximately three inches in length, while having adiameter approximately one sixth its length. Opposite the bowl cavity12, along the bowl end 13, may be a flat peripheral portion 16 adaptedto support the body 10 on a supporting surface so that the bowl cavity12 would be upward-facing.

An air inlet 14 may extend through the body 10 so as to fluidlycommunicate the bowl cavity 12 to a mouthpiece hole 18 along a surfaceof the mouthpiece end 19. The air inlet 14 extends at a downward anglerelative to a longitudinal axis of the body 10. The air inlet 14communicates with a bottom portion 20 of the bowl cavity 12. In certainembodiments, the downward angle ranges from 2 to 5 degrees, asillustrated in FIG. 4. The downward angle enables a deeper bowl cavity12.

The body 10 may be made from stainless steel. Unexpectedly, a unitarystainless steel construction stays cooler compared to other materialsbecause solid stainless steel mass allows the heat to be absorbed fromthe bowl cavity 12 to the rest of the pipe body 10, thereby evenlydistributing (since there is no discontinuity of materials) the heataway from the bowl cavity 12, making the bowl end 13 stay cooler longer.Prior art smoking pipes tend to accumulate heat at or near the bowlcavity 12 after the smoking material is lit, and since the bowl end 13is where users tend to hold the smoking pipe, this buildup of heat canbe uncomfortable or worse.

A method of using the present invention may include the following. Thepipe body 10 disclosed above may be provided. A user may pack smokingmaterial (not shown) into the bowl cavity 12. Thereafter, smoke from theburning smoking material passes through the bottom portion 20 thereofand drawn through the air inlet 14 when the user decreases the airpressure therein by inhaling via the mouthpiece hole 18. Of course, ifthe user drops the pipe body 10, being a unitary construction ofstainless steel, the present invention will not break.

It should be understood, of course, that the foregoing relates toexemplary embodiments of the invention and that modifications may bemade without departing from the spirit and scope of the presentinvention.

I claim:
 1. A smoking pipe, comprising an elongated stainless steel bodyextending from a mouthpiece and to a bowl end; a bowl cavity recessedinto the bowl end; a mouthpiece hole provided at the mouthpiece end; andan air inlet extending within the elongated stainless steel so as tofluidly communicate the mouthpiece hole and the bowl cavity.
 2. Thesmoking pipe of claim 1, wherein the smoking pipe is of a unitaryconstruction.
 3. The smoking pipe of claim 1, wherein the air inletextends at a downward angle relative to a longitudinal axis of theelongated stainless steel body.
 4. The smoking pipe of claim 3, whereinthe downward angle is approximately three degrees.
 5. The smoking pipeof claim 1, wherein the air inlet extends to a bottom portion of thebowl cavity.
 6. The smoking pipe of claim 1, further comprising aperipheral portion provided along a periphery of the elongated stainlesssteel body, wherein the peripheral portion is flat, dimensioned andadapted to support the elongated stainless steel body on a supportingsurface so that the bowl cavity us upward-facing.
 7. A smoking pipe,comprising an elongated stainless steel body extending from a mouthpieceand to a bowl end, wherein the smoking pipe is of a unitaryconstruction; a bowl cavity recessed into the bowl end; a mouthpiecehole provided at the mouthpiece end; and an air inlet extending withinthe elongated stainless steel so as to fluidly communicate themouthpiece hole and a bottom portion of the bowl cavity, wherein the airinlet extends at a downward angle of approximately three degreesrelative to a longitudinal axis of the elongated stainless steel body;and a peripheral portion provided along a periphery of the elongatedstainless steel body, wherein the peripheral portion is flat,dimensioned and adapted to support the elongated stainless steel body ona supporting surface so that the bowl cavity us upward-facing.